Truss



H. N. WITT. v

muss, APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 1-1, i920.

Patented July 5, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed September 17, 1920. Serial No. 410,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY N. Win, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morristown, in the county of Hamblen and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Truss, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in the truss patented to me February 12, 1918, Number 1,255,969. I attain the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the pivoted member 5, and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a large, soft flexible leather covered truss pad 2 to which are attached soft and flexible inner straps and to which are sewed smaller stiff outer straps 10, one of which is perforated at the end to receive the tongue of a conventional buckle, and the other of which carries a conventional buckle (not shown). Attached to the leather front of pad 2 I provide a metal clip 3 having its upper end secured to the pad by fastener 4: and its lower raised end attached to the pad by fastener 6, which member functions as a pivot member for the metal strip 5, which latter member carries small metal buttons 7 which engage in suitable button holes 12 in the ends of the leg straps 8. The other ends of straps 8 are provided with suitable spaced perforations 9 to admit of convenient adjustment of the straps when the truss is applied. These straps extend through a space between the stiff outer strap 10 and the soft flexible inner strap 1 which encircle the body of the wearer. The straps 10 carry a snap fastener adapted to be snapped together through one of the perforations 9 to secure the strap 8 in place in adjusted position. The stitching between the straps 10 and 1 is omitted for a short space where strap 8 passes between straps 1 and 10.

In operation the pivoted member 5 swings first to one tilted position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and then to a reverse tilted position as the wearer of the truss walks, with the result that an even tension of the leg straps is automatically and constantly malntained, no matter what position the body is in. The device takes the place of rubber or elastic straps and affords a more comfortable leg strap than could otherwise be had while maintaining the truss pad 2 in its proper position. As button holes 12 are provlded on the front ends of straps 8, these straps may be readily unfastened in front, if desired, in removing the truss. The evener strip 5 is permanently secured by member 6 to the leather front of the pad, under the raised portion of metal strip 3, so that it cannot pull off or turn over, while operating automatlcally to loosen whichever strap 8 tension may be exerted on by the legs of the wearer in use, alternately.

What I claim is 1. In a truss, the combination of a leathercovered truss-pad, a vertically disposed metal strip having its upper end flush with and fastened to the front of the pad and having its lower end spaced from the front of the pad and fastened thereto, an evener strip pivotally mounted under the raised portion of the vertical strip, said strip having buttons on its end, leg straps having affront end detachably secured to said buttons of the evener strip, body-encircling flexible straps to which the truss-pad is attached, and means for securing the free ends of the leg straps in adjusted positions on suitable rear portions of said body-encircling straps.

2. In a truss, the combination of a large soft flexible truss-pad, flexible body-encircling bands attached 'to said truss-pad, outer stiffening straps sewed on the flexible straps, the stitching being omitted at suitable portions for receiving the ends of leg straps, snap fasteners mounted between the aforesaid inner and outer straps to engage the perforated ends of the leg straps in adjusted positions, leg straps having a plurality of perforations in their rear ends and having a single perforation on their front ends, a pivoted metal evener strip pivotally mounted on on the front of the truss-pad and having buttons on its ends to which the front ends of the leg straps are releasably attached, and an overlapping strip engaging over the central portion of the evener strip to prevent same from turning over or pulling ofl.

HENRY N. WITT. 

